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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450343903321

Titolo

Critical realism : the difference in makes / / edited by Justin Cruickshank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-40281-3

0-415-43444-0

1-280-02363-5

0-203-51230-8

1-134-40282-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in critical realism ; ; 6

Altri autori (Persone)

CruickshankJustin <1969->

Disciplina

149.2

Soggetti

Social sciences - Methodology

Social sciences - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Introduction; The self: method and ethics; The private life of the social agent: what difference  does it make?; Are critical realist ethics foundationalist?; Social science and critique after the linguistic turn; Feminism, critical realism and the linguistic turn; Critical realism: the difference it makes, in theory; Critical realism and scientific method in Chomsky's linguistics; Method, politics and policy; Underlabouring and unemployment: notes for developing a critical realist approach to the agency of the chronically unemployed

New Labour, school effectiveness and ideological COMMITMENTWhat race means to realists; Cultural studies: towards a realist intervention; Political economy and globalism; Naturalism and economics; A critical realist approach to global political economy; Explaining global poverty: a realist critique of the orthodox approach; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Critical realism is a movement in philosophy and the human sciences most closely associated with the work of Roy Bhaskar. Since the publication of Bhaskars A Realist Theory of Science, critical realism has



had a profound influence on a wide range of subjects. This reader makes accessible, in one volume, key readings to stimulate debate about and within critical realism. It explores the following themes:* transcendental realist* the theory of explanatory critique* dialectics* Bhaskar's critical naturalist philosophy of science.